Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] dt-bindings: phy: qcom,qmp: Add PCIe qcom,refclk-always-on property

[Krzysztof Kozlowski]

On 01/12/2023 13:30, Manivannan Sadhasivam wrote:
>> What I said before:
>> "Again, third time (once from Bjorn, once from Dmitry), rephrase
>> property name and description to describe the hardware issue. I see
>> description improved, but not the property name. Again in the end of
>> description you say what Linux should do. Bindings do not describe Linux
>> OS."
>>
> 
> You didn't answer my question:
> 
> "I see a plenty of properties similar to this one instructing the OS to keep some
> resource ON to workaround hardware issues. So they are all wrong?"

They are not the best, but it all depends on the individual case.

> 
> If you say they are wrong, why are they approved in the first place?
Because we don't have time to keep digging what the driver is doing and
what is claimed in DT. Some people don't even CC us on the driver.


Best regards,
Krzysztof